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A cart-taxi driver goes to the city to make a living, but out of sympathy with other poverty-stricken people, he works for free and goes hungry himself. Written and directed by Ousmane Sembène. Starring Ly Abdoulay, Albourah in the prominent roles.
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A cart-taxi driver goes to the city to make a living, but out of sympathy with other poverty-stricken people, he works for free and goes hungry himself. Written and directed by Ousmane Sembène. Starring Ly Abdoulay, Albourah in the prominent roles.
This short film was the first ever indigenous black African film.
Besides being made in a French language version, the short subject was also filmed in a version in the Senegalese language of Wolof.
Award: Prix de la Première Oeuvre at the Journées Internationales du Court Métrage de Tours (France, 1963).
The title translates to "The Wagoner"
"Le charretier: It's like prison. That's modern life. That's life in this country now."
"[first lines] Le charretier: I implore Allah, the merciful, to protect myself and my family. May he protect me from the law and the infidels. Amen. Amen. Amen."
